LOT 3136
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ-N, Sarapis standing facing, head to left, raising right hand and holding sceptre; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VII.2, 1401; AMNG 1126. Very Fine.(12.42gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3136
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Faustina I AE Assarion of Pessinus, Galatia. AD 138-140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΦΑΥСΤЄΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ,draped bust to right / ΠЄССΙΝOΥΝΤΙΩΝ, draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos to left. RPC IV.3, 10686 (temporary); Devreker -. 4.85gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 15mm. 1st century AD. Uncertain date. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[...], laurel branch. Cf. RPC I, 4306. 3.72gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
